CMAL seeks green light for new Bute slipway

Craig Borland

The owners of the Rhubodach ferry terminal at the north end of Bute have applied for planning permission to carry out improvement work in the area.

Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) is seeking approval to build a new slipway at Rhubodach, double the width of the existing facility.

Once complete, the Rhubodach work will be followed by the construction of a new, larger slipway and new marshalling area at Colintraive, at the other end of the short crossing of the east Kyle.

Building work at Rhubodach was originally due to begin this summer, but the project has since been postponed until 2016, once major repairs to the Wemyss Bay ferry terminal have been completed, in order to avoid disruption to users of both Bute ferry services at the same time.

To view CMAL’s Rhubodach application in full, click here and then type 15/00232/PP into the Search box.